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brentk56

North Carolina

3.84/5  rDev -5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

Appearance: Pours a fudge brown color with ruby highlights; not that much of a head but what is there does a good job lacing

Smell: Really hoppy on the nose - piney and pithy

Taste: Hard to taste the stout for the hops, up front, with pine, pith and an aspirin-like bitterness that assaults the palate; underneath, there is a black bread quality that peaks through, though the hops continue to dominate through the finish

Mouthfeel: Medium to full body with moderate carbonation

Overall: As others have noted, this is as much an American Black as it is a stout; with a blindfold on, I would have called it an American Black; I don't feel that the flavors really come together that well, but a hophead will find this enjoyable

Serving type: bottle

03-01-2013 03:23:53 | More by brentk56

brycevolk

Ohio

4/5  rDev -1%

06-17-2013 14:28:08 | More by brycevolk

e30todamax

Virginia

4.25/5  rDev +5.2%

06-16-2013 20:48:55 | More by e30todamax

bodhi185

Indiana

4.91/5  rDev +21.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75

Cellared 22oz. bottle picked up a little while back from the taproom.
A: Dark brown/black with an effervescent tan head.
S: Coffee, chocolate, and sets up a bitter flavored brew.
T: Bitter chocolate, a little coffee flavor back there, and plenty of piney hop character, with flavor that lingers for days.
M: Crisp, clear, and much more drinkable than say an imperial stout with all of the same complexity. God bless Americans.
O: The epitome of the style, in my opinion, but apparently most people, including those at the 2012 GABF already knew that. Even kept a little while, the hops still come through. I'll be looking for this one on tap when it comes back in the fall. Well done.

Serving type: bottle

06-12-2013 02:07:47 | More by bodhi185

Rihup

Illinois

4/5  rDev -1%

06-04-2013 00:44:13 | More by Rihup

Anonymous1

Illinois

4/5  rDev -1%

06-01-2013 05:02:39 | More by Anonymous1

bcm75

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -13.4%

05-31-2013 01:46:24 | More by bcm75

Durb777

Illinois

4/5  rDev -1%

05-13-2013 19:48:33 | More by Durb777

Fetching

Indiana

2/5  rDev -50.5%

05-12-2013 22:33:02 | More by Fetching

WVbeergeek

Ohio

3.63/5  rDev -10.1%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Poured this beast of a black beer into my tall Spaten 0.5 liter glass, it's looking great thus far billowing tan burnt caramel head with another pitch black body...Aromatics bring it out in the front line with green hops really screaming through the black patent malts, dark chocolate not much perceived sweetness in the nose. The first, 2nd, and 3rd sips are screaming with hops, there comes a point in every American Stout's life when they should just fess up to being a Black IPA. That's definitely the case here without being a style Nazi let me tell you what I'm tasting: Dark espresso bean burnt quality, dark cacao style chocolate nibs, rolling hops fields of citrus and earthy hops collide with one another to create a rather harsh sipping American Stout...it's rough finish is hardcore flavor as is the hardcore carbonation is a bit rough, but overall I can see the light it's a brewer bringing the revolution by calling this hoppy ass black DIPA an aggressively hopped American Stout. Only 7.5% abv surprisingly delivers the alcohol warming effect pretty well or maybe I'm high on American hops and Nicaraguan tobacco.

Serving type: bottle

04-26-2013 04:06:04 | More by WVbeergeek

Ohiovania

Ohio

4.5/5  rDev +11.4%

04-24-2013 04:15:17 | More by Ohiovania

Bowers-Brew

Illinois

4/5  rDev -1%

04-21-2013 21:47:32 | More by Bowers-Brew

beercatbrew

Illinois

4/5  rDev -1%

04-18-2013 00:25:30 | More by beercatbrew

smartassboiler

Illinois

4/5  rDev -1%

04-13-2013 05:14:55 | More by smartassboiler

cadaugherty

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +5.2%

04-12-2013 04:13:56 | More by cadaugherty

DooshBagalow

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +5.2%

04-09-2013 18:22:42 | More by DooshBagalow

rmehughes

Indiana

4.25/5  rDev +5.2%

04-09-2013 12:07:47 | More by rmehughes

RedneckBeerz

North Carolina

4/5  rDev -1%

04-04-2013 06:48:18 | More by RedneckBeerz

ant880

New York

4/5  rDev -1%

03-27-2013 13:51:49 | More by ant880

Sparky44

Illinois

4/5  rDev -1%

03-24-2013 18:24:56 | More by Sparky44

kbrown

Ohio

3.75/5  rDev -7.2%

03-23-2013 03:21:28 | More by kbrown

JxExM

New York

3.5/5  rDev -13.4%

03-18-2013 19:15:03 | More by JxExM

Lynn

Ohio

4.5/5  rDev +11.4%

03-17-2013 00:54:13 | More by Lynn

WesM63

Ohio

3.5/5  rDev -13.4%

03-12-2013 01:53:10 | More by WesM63

spycow

Illinois

4/5  rDev -1%

03-10-2013 00:36:16 | More by spycow